To Elect the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor for the Period up to the Next Annual Meeting
Full council, 16 May 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 49, Against 1, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (49)
- Alison Raynsford (Labour)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Charlotte Holloway (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Jaime Bannerman (Labour)
- Jemima Laing (Labour)
- Jeremy Goslin (Labour)
- John Stephens (Labour)
- Jon Dingle (Labour)
- Josh McCarty (Labour)
- Kate Taylor (Labour)
- Keith Moore (Labour)
- Kevin Sproston (Labour)
- Lewis Allison (Labour)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Labour)
- Maria Lawson (Labour)
- Mark Coker (Labour)
- Mark Lowry (Labour)
- Mary Aspinall (Labour)
- Neil Hendy (Labour)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Pauline Murphy (Labour)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sally Haydon (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tina Tuohy (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chip Tofan (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ian Darcy (Conservative)
- Lee Finn (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Carol Ney (TIND)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
- M.Smith (not matched to a member)
- P.Nicholson (not matched to a member)
- S.Nicholson (not matched to a member)
Against (1)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
From the minutes
Council agreed to elect Councillor Ms Kathy Watkin as Lord Mayor of the City for the 2025/26 municipal year. This was proposed by Councillor Andy Lugger and seconded by Councillor Mary Aspinall. For (49) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Darcy, Dingle, Evans OBE, Finn, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, Lugger, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Ney, P.Nicholson, S.Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Raynsford, Ricketts, Simpson, M.Smith, Sproston, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tofan, Tuohy and Wood. Against (1) Councillor Mrs Beer. Absent/Did Not Vote (1) Councillor Ms Watkin. Council agreed to elect Councillor Chip Tofan as Deputy Lord Mayor for the City for the 2025/26 municipal year.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.